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Interview: Rima Kallingal, Tovino Thomas, Aashiq Abu (About Neelavelicham, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, Bhargavi Nilayam…)
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Spotify: Cinema with BR Episode 15: Viduthalai, Violence, Vetrimaaran and More
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Gunasekhar’s underwhelming ‘Shaakuntalam’ needed a more cinematic vision to become the epic it wanted
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Bitty Ruminations 93 – Looking for Help (with help from lyricist Vaali)
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“The Abyss” – English translation of Jeyamohan’s Tamil novel “Ezhaam Ulagam”
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Interview: ZEE 5 Directors Muthukumar (Ayali), Prasanth Pandiyaraj (Vilangu), SR Prabhakaran (Sengalam)
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Reader writes #567: The value journaling has brought to my life
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Spotify: Cinema with BR Episode 14: Cinema in Fast Forward Mode
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Sarjun KM’s “Burqa” is an aha, solid, deliberately theatrical (and gorgeously shot) discussion of Islamic practices.
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Interview: Vikramaditya Motwane, Aditi Rao Hydari, Prosenjit Chatterjee and more (Jubilee, Prime Video)
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Lighting, Camera, Analysis: Priyadarshi, Venu Yeldandi, Harshith Reddy (Balagam, now on Prime Video)
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Interview: AR Murgados (August 16, 1947, upcoming film with Sivakarthikeyan, once proposed Vijay and Ajit combo film, etc.)
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Bitty Ruminations 92 – The Equation of Friendship
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Reader writes #566: Viduthalai Review
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Interview: Soori (Vidutalai)
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Presenting (drumroll)…WEAPON’s second extra from the right
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Spotify: Cinema with BR Episode 13: Answering Listener Questions About Vetrimaaran
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Srikanth Odela’s ‘Dasara’ is a solid, understated star vehicle that prioritizes emotion over ‘mass’ moments
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Vetrimaaran’s ‘Viduthalai – Part 1’ lacks the raw power of ‘Visaranai’, but it is a worthy, worth-watching coming-of-age action drama.
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Reader Writes #565: Book Review: The Hidden Life of Trees, by Peter Walben
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Ajay Devgn builds a rugged (but generic) star vehicle from Lokesh Kanagaraj’s rugged (but generic) star vehicle.
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Obeli N Krishna’s ‘Pathu Thala’ is a contrived action movie preserved only by Silambarasan
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Interview: Anubhav Sinha on Sine Curve’s reaction to ‘Ra.One’, 2.0 avatars from ‘Mulk’ to ‘Bheed’ and why he’s disappointed
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Farewell, Innocent!
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Interview: SS Karthikeya (son of Rajamouli, line producer of ‘RRR’) on how to run the Oscar campaign
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From the Web (FTW) #6: The New York Times’ AO Scott Quitting Film Criticism After 23 Years
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Reader writes #564: Thoughts on tar
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#563: A Letter to My Alter Ego: Part 2
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Anubav Sinha’s ‘Bheed’ is based on pandemic and migration and is a definite addition to his string of social cinemas.
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Interview: MM Keeravani (RRR, Oscar Winner)
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Spotify: Cinema with BR Episode 12: 5 Scenes Analyzed: “Dada”, “OK Kanmani”, “VTK”, “Sarpatta Parambara” and “Anbe Sivam”
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Krishand’s crime comedy ‘Purusha Pretham’ (on SonyLIV) delivers some big laughs, but not enough to sustain an overly long running time
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Interview: Nani (Dasara)
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From the Web (FTW) #5: How OP Nayyar Was One of the First Destroyers of Hindi Film Scores
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Reader writes #562: VAALVI (termite) – Marathi
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Interview: Gautham Karthik (Pathu Thala)
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Interview: Daniel Caltagirone (Tangaraan)
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Spotify: Cinema with BR Episode 11: Kamal Haasan’s Arc in “Thevar Magan”
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Interview: Jim Sarbh, Ishwak Singh, Regina Cassandra, Arjun Radhakrishnan (Rocketboys 2)
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Interview: T Suriavelan (Singapore-based Tamil YouTube hit Naam)
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From the Web (FTW) #4: Wives Discovering They’re Gay
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Interview: Santosh Narayanan (Malaysia Concert, Future Film)
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#561: Letter to My Alter Ego
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Rajeev Ravi’s Thuramukham (Nivin Pauly, Arjun Ashokan) is a powerful, generous 360-degree view of workers’ struggles.
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“Spotify: Cinema with BR” Episode 10: Oscar Talk (Campaign and “Naatu Naatu” and what it takes to make it)
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#560: Lost and Found
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From the Web (FTW) #3: About Anantu, Himself, SPB and MSV
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From the Web (FTW) #2: Sivaji Ganesan interviewed in the 1980s
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Interview: Siddharth Anand (Pathaan)
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Luv Ranjan’s ‘Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar’, starring Ranbir Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor, is too long and poorly plotted.
- Readers Write In #582: The Story of Allen Dulles and his CIA
- Readers Write In #595: Satyaprem Ki Katha: This Sameer Vidwans directorial turns everything upside down post a solid twist to deliver a very effective drama
- Readers Write In #600: Moral Responsibility in Choices
- Readers Write In #570: Golden Ages and all that jazz
